Thailand’s Artop Media Rides Wave of Adaptations at FilMart

Chris Willman Music WriterHip-hop artist Rod Wave took over the top spot on the album chart from Justin Bieber, debuting with 122,000 album units to be an easy No. 1 finisher.

Fucked Up have shared a mammoth new song featuring Matt Berninger of The National – listen to ‘Year of the Horse – Act Three’ below.The 22-minute track appears on ‘Year of the Horse’, the latest edition of the band’s zodiac series of albums. The album was announced last month with the first act, an equally huge 19-minute offering.The band’s Zodiac series have been released periodically to coincide with the Chinese new year for nearly a decade now.

Charley Webb lives with her husband and Emmerdale co-star Matthew Wolfenden and their three sons, Buster, Bowie and Ace in Yorkshire.They often share glimpses inside their beautiful family home and the interiors are particularly glam, with features including velvet sofas, LED lights, cowhide rugs and a glass fireplace.A recent addition to Charley's house is a neon light reading "Beautiful Chaos", which was a gift to Matthew from Charley for his 40th birthday.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated action filmmaker John Woo will produce a live action adaptation of Stan Lee’s “Monkey Master,” from a superhero story created by Lee and collaborator Sharad Devarajan.Based on an unreleased comic book series and story created by Marvel maven Lee and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Devarajan, the film will follow New York City archeologist Li Yong who discovers an ancient prophecy about the Chinese legend of The Monkey King that brings him to India where he

National Geographic Documentary Films has picked up Matthew Heineman's COVID-19 documentary The First Wave from Participant and Our Time Projects. Heineman directed and produced the feature film about frontline workers at one of New York City’s hardest-hit hospitals, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, during the first four months of the pandemic last year.

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The highly anticipated Mortal Kombat movie is just weeks away from being released and we caught up with breakout star Sisi Stringer to learn more about her!

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immigration chiefs ordered him to leave the UK.The Home Office had demanded Matthew Jun Fei Freeman, who lives in Lossiemouth, Moray, return to his native China after 17 years here.Matt has been instrumental in helping with local mental health issues and was a former director of the Moray Wellbeing Hub.In January, the Home Office told Matt, an engineer with a PhD, to return to China immediately, removed his right to appeal and warned him that failure to comply could see him jailed.Matt was born

Peter Luo, CEO of Starlight Media, came to industry attention in Hollywood at a somewhat awkward moment for an ambitious Chinese film financier. Starlight began making waves in the business in mid-2017, when a slew of development and co-financing deals it had done with prominent Hollywood directors came to light.

25 years after playing the role that helped launch his career in A Time To Kill, Matthew McConaughey may be getting ready to make his return to the courtroom. Sources tell Deadline, HBO has acquired the rights to the John Grisham novel, A Time For Mercy, the sequel to Grisham’s classic novel, and are developing it as a limited series with McConaughey in final negotiations to reprise the role of defense attorney, Jake Brigance.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA North American rights deal for mainland Chinese fantasy action film ‘God of War II, was one of several film sales deals struck by Hong Kong’s Media Asia at the recent European Film Market and the ongoing FilMart.Directed by Cai Cong, and starring Charles Lin, Liu Yuxi and David Wu, the film was completed in 2020.

Marcus Lim Chinese streaming firm iQIYI and production company G.H.Y. Culture & Media are launching Uni-Icon Entertainment, a Singapore-based talent agency focusing on Southeast Asian performing talent.Announced at a signing ceremony in Singapore on Wednesday, the talent agency aims to identify and promote talent, with an emphasis on performers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The Chinese government has told local media to curb its coverage of the Oscars ceremony next month due to its concerns about the political views of Best Director nominee Chloe Zhao and the nomination of a short documentary about the Hong Kong protests.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Chinese government has reportedly told its local media channels not to transmit live coverage of the Oscars and to down play the awards ceremony.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVivendi-owned European film and TV studio Studiocanal has sealed a deal with Shanghai Senyu Media to represent Studiocanal’s “The Adventures of Paddington Bear” animated series in mainland China. Rights are being promoted at the virtual edition of Hong Kong rights market FilMart.The series debuted on Nickelodeon in western markets and has already delivered two seasons.

Amazon Hiring Head Of UK Originals Amazon is on the hunt for a UK head of originals, according to a job advert posted by the streaming giant. The successful candidate will report to Georgia Brown, the director of European originals at Amazon Studios. Amazon’s UK slate includes The Grand Tour and James May: Oh Cook, but the company has made clear that it is not planning a giant Netflix-style push into the British market. UK trade Broadcast first spotted the job ad.

The trouble is far from over for Jack Ma's embattled Alibaba Group Holdings. China's government has askedthe companyto sell off its vast collection of media assets, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.